“We continue to explore unique revenue models for stations groups and they’re working,” saidBoots Walker, Vice President of Bellum Entertainment. “With both these shows, the stations are invested in their success and have been incredible partners for the first season. We are excited to greatly increase the distribution for future seasons based on the success we’ve already achieved.”

Since its September premiere, “Fix It & Finish It” has been a very consistent performer in its time period week-to-week with an average of over 1HH rating among metered markets, outperforming all new syndicated first run programming except for “The Meredith Vieira Show” and “Celebrity Name Game.” Like “Fix It,” “Flip My Food” has been a solid performer every week, averaging a .9HH rating since its premiere.

Bellum will continue its partnership with Raycom Media on the production of both weekly strips.